Thoughts on a potential trade for OJ Howard

Howard....i want to get younger

Daquon played a role well but I think Autry is a better fit. And we could add a DT in the draft as well?

 

From probably the biggest Firk fan on the board, OJH is better. I’m all for getting him as cheap as possible. He’s got a lot of tread left on his tires.

 

Where in the world are you getting that he would sign $2m deal? Jonnu just got $30M guaranteed. Gerald Everett got a 1 year, $6M deal. Even Jeff Swaim signed back with us for $2.5M! There is no world where a 99th percentile, 1st round pick would sign for $2M.

As for his contract, he's a first round pick, so this year is being played on a 5th year option. None of his rookie signing bonus goes against the 5th year, because it was paid for over the course of the first 4 years of the contract. The 5th year is a stand alone year, where the money is all guaranteed against injury, but not paid out through bonuses. The player is paid the money in their game checks, week by week. So until he plays the games, he gets no money. If he is traded before he plays a game, the team that he is traded to would be liable for those game checks.

 

Exactly. 5th year options became fully guaranteed last week which is why we cut Adoree the day before. Honestly, I was shocked the Bucs didn’t cut Howard the day before too considering all the money they’re spending on Brate and Gronk. They can’t cut him, only trade him with the $6 mil contract.

 

I would see them as more likely to cut Brate than Howard now. His $6.5M against the cap would carry almost no dead cap.

I would not mind adding him at all if they did. We could (probably) be the first team in NFL history to have two players from Harvard playing the same position.

 

I read Bucs would want a second for Brate or Howard.

Um, no.

 

We should sign Richard Rodgers instead. He was dope for the Eagles and I love alliterative names.

PFF actually has him as the 2nd highest graded tight end last year.